About Nappalatthanar
Nappalatthanar was a poet.
Nappalatthanar (Tamil: நப்பாலத்தனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition to verse 47 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Contribution to the Sangam literature Nappalatthanar has written a sole Sangam verse—verse 240 of the Natrinai—besides verse 47 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Views on Valluvar and the Kural Nappalatthanar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:
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